Police said the case began with a call about a man with a gun and witnesses reported seeing a woman assaulted and forced into a vehicle at the Super 8 Motel on Gateway East near Hawkins Boulevard.

While police were at the scene, the vehicle with the woman and two men returned to the motel.

Police said Nalls had allegedly held the woman against her will at the motel for about a week. He allegedly cut her arms with a razor blade and forced her to have sex with other people for money.

On Sunday, police said the woman escaped and ran to another room seeking help. Nalls allegedly found her, dragged her away, struck her and forced her into a vehicle allegedly driven by Grant Rutledge.

The men then took the woman into the desert where Nalls allegedly beat her before returning to the motel.

Nalls, of the 6000 block of Deer Avenue, was jailed under a $125,898 bond. Rutledge, 23, of the 5000 block of Louisiana Street, was arrested on a charge of unlawful restraint and was jailed in lieu of a $30,000 bond. The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@ elpasotimes.com; 546-6102. Follow him on Twitter @BorundaDaniel